Shalini Singh ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of M.B.A, Public information Officer, Cambridge Institute of Technology, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, IN

Abstract

Information and Knowledge are critical for realizing all the human aspirations. In the knowledge society in which we live today, acquisition of information and knowledge and its application have intense and pervasive impact in the processes of exercising their political, economic and legal rights. In the present era, India is on the uppermost belt of all developing countries. To enhance this „Technology boom‟, Government of India has enforced the Right to Information Act. This paper discusses, the concept of Right to Information & Information Literacy, the initiatives taken to promote information literacy in India, the issue of how to promote information literacy to make good use of information, so that they can effectively use RTI and can participate in the process of development.

Keywords

Information Literacy, Right to Information Act - 2005, Information Kiosk, Public Library.

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Shalini Singh ¹, Ayesha Farooq ²

Affiliations
1 AIMA-AMU, New Delhi – 110024, Delhi
2 Department of Business Administration, FMSR, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh – 202001, Uttar Pradesh, IN

Abstract

Ergonomics as a study of the workplace design to enhance business goals like productivity, and employee well-being, also involves adapting jobs and workplace to the worker. Ergonomics aims to provide working environment that minimizes the physical demands on the worker. Optimal workplace performance can be enhanced by incorporating psychological and cognitive aspects of human beings that is the ergonomics /human factor engineering. This study seeks to examine the physical conditions of a millennial employee’s workplace design factors and its impact on employee’s well-being. The ergonomic training will ease the stress amongst employees by informing them about possible harmful effects of incorrect postures and work-habits thereby enhancing employees’ perception of organizational support for employee well-being. This study attempts to understand the millennial employee’s preference for various workplace design factors to achieve their physical well-being. Primary data was collected using semi-structured interviews in a corporate in Delhi region, perception of workplace design and self-reported importance of Ergonomic training for their well-being was collected and analyzed.

Keywords

Millennial, Well-Being, Workplace Design Factors.

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